Current topics in pain
By: 12th World Congress on Pain ; editor, José Castro-Lopes.
Contributors: Castro-Lopes, José, 1959-; International Association for the Study of Pain.
Publisher: IASP Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780931092763
Subjects: Pain -- Congresses; Pain -- physiopathology -- Congresses; Pain -- therapy -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: "Reviews of selected topics on pain research and management, from the neurochemistry and neurobiology of pain to the role of stress in chronic pain, are presented by leading experts who were invited to present a plenary talk or distinguished lecture at the IASP 12th World Congress on Pain in 2008"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical and practical consequences of the role played by spinal systems in the encoding of nociceptive information : 130 years and counting : John J. Bonica distinguished lecture / Tony L. Yaksh; title: Lessons from men on fire : what erythromelalgia can teach usabout pain-signaling neurons / Stephen G. Waxman; title: Neuronal circuits and receptors involved in spinal cord pain processing / Andrew J. Todd; title: The role of inhibition in the generation and amplification of pain / Jürgen Sandkühler; title: Neurobiology of itch and pain : scratching for answers / E. Carstens; title: The role of cytokines in pain / Claudia Sommer; title: Neuronal mechanisms of joint pain / Hans-Georg Schaible; title: Signaling events and ionic mechanisms disrupting spinal inhibition in neuropathic pain / Yves De Koninck; title: Traumatic nerve injury : diagnosis, recovery, and risk factors for neuropathic pain / Satu K. Jääskeläinen; title: Moving pain genetics into the genome-wide association era / Mitchell B. Max; title: External validity of randomized controlled trials : general principles and lessons from trials in neuropathic pain / Peter M. Rothwell and C. Peter N. Watson; title: Extinction of pain memories : importance for the treatment of chronic pain / Herta Flor; title: The relationship between "stress" and pain : lessons learned from fibromyalgia and related conditions / Daniel J. Clauw and Jacob N. Ablin; title: It's a belief. It's an appraisal. It's coping. No, it's catastrophizing / Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite; title: Quality improvement and evolving research in pediatric pain management and palliative care / John J. Collins, Suellen M. Walker, and Kirsty Campbell; title: Pain in the developing world / M.R. Rajagopal; title: Pain and suffering following torture : John D. Loeser distinguished lecture / Inge Genefke and Bent Sørensen.